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Southern Knights ‘Coming Out’ Car & Bike Show

Apr 162012

Yesterday, I cranked up the bike and rode down to Charlotte Hall, MD to the ’25th Coming Out Car and Bike Show’ sponsored by the Southern Knights Rod and Custom Car Club. WOW! This show is unbelievable. The number of cars far outnumbered any shows I had been to in the past years. I’m guesstimating there were between 500 and 750 cars and bikes (way too few bikes in my opinion) and styles to suit everyone. Everything from beautifully restored antiques to street/rat rods, customs and more. I photographed just the vehicles that stood out to me and still ended up with around 200 images. For those of you who did not make this show, do yourself a favor and mark your calendar for next year. This show is definitely worth the drive. You can see all the images from yesterday here.

Fiero Trikes

Feb 252012

Harry Kraemer posted a photo in the forum of a Pontiac Fiero Trike that he had seen on Flickr. Cool idea. Merge a mid-engine car with a motorcycle front end and you have a winning combination. I did some snooping on the internet to see if I could find some info on this car and actually found a whole slew of these mutants. I prefer the ones where they kept the rear seats intact so as to make the trike a three-seater. Here are some shots I found.

Not All Vehicles are Created Equal

Feb 072012

Ran into this beauty while browsing the internet. It’s a 2012 ‘Telsa Roadster 2.5′
0-60mph in 3.7 and it’s all electric. The sedan starts at $50k and is one of the most beautiful cars I’ve seen in a while.

You can read about them both at http://www.teslamotors.com. Don’t get too excited though, the sedan is currently sold out.

Here is a list of other unusual cars, bikes and hybrid vehicles I found.

	Micheal Lewis drives his Open Class electric racer called Team Electrolite to new world speed record traveling 50 miles in one hour on less than 1000 watts.	www.evworld.com
	About 300 Litestar Pulse Fully enclosed Motorcycles were built in the 1980′s in Owosso, Michigan with a Cd=.193.	www.autocycles.org/
	Acabion GTBO Enclosed Motorcycle The 280 mpg, 342 mph 880#, $720,000 Fully enclosed motorcycle.	http://www.motorbikesblog.com
	Toyota Personal Mobility Vehicle- Single person, morphing.	http://www.gizmag.com/go/2314/
	Aptera 200mpg Vehicle	http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/14/aptera-takes-wraps-off-200-mpg-prototype-car/
	1997 Mercedes F300 Life Jet. Tilting 3 Wheeler.	http://www.seriouswheels.com/cars/top-1997-Mercedes-Benz-F-300-Life-Jet-Concept.htm
	Website dedicated to 3 wheel vehicles!	http://www.3wheelers.com/projgal1a.html
	3 wheel Moped Scooter Coupe	http://www.gekgo.com/scooter-coupe-gas-scooter-trike.html
	Corbin Sparrow, Myers Motors 3 wheel Electric Car	http://myersmotors.com/
	T-REX 3 wheel, Motorcycle powered car	http://www.go-t-rex.com/
	Holland Michigan man builds his own T-REX 3 wheel, Motorcycle powered car	http://www.artechparts.com/
	Order your plans for how to build a Home Built T-Rex	http://www.prismz.com/xzilarator/
	Wrightspeed X-1 Electric Car based on Arial Atom Platform	http://www.wrightspeed.com/x1.html
	Arial Atom – 4 wheels but REALLY cool!	http://www.arielatom.com/
	Tesla Motors Over the top electric car	http://www.teslamotors.com/
	1982 General Motors Lean machine. 200mpg concept car	http://www.3wheelers.com/gmlean.html
	1981 Ford Cockpit. 12Hp Gas, 200cc, 75mpg, 2 person concept car	http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/ford_cockpit.html
	Highly Aerodynamic HPV’s for Sale	http://www.bluevelo.com/
	Cab-Bike HPV for Sale	http://www.cab-bike.com/english/
	Aerorider – Human Electric Hy-brid Commuter Vehicle	http://www.aerorider.com/
	Leitra Fully enclosed HPV	http://leitra.dk/news.php
	Three Wheel Car Kit – XR-3	http://www.rqriley.com/xr3.htm
	XR-3 in Scottsville, MI with 1100 Honda Drivetrain -	231-757-3944
	BugE Personal Mobility Vehicle – Neighborhood Electric 1 person	http://blueskydsn.com/BugE_Concept.html
	BugE Personal Mobility Vehicle – Neighborhood Electric 1 person	http://blueskydsn.com/BugE_Concept.html
	ZENN Zero Emission, No Noise Electric Car 245mpg Neighboorhood electric vehicle 1300#, 25mph max, 35 mile range.	http://www.zenncars.com/
	Twike 3 wheel electric vehicle- 5kw motor, 53mph, 80mile range, 800#	http://www.twike.com/
	Enertia Electric Motorcycle	http://www.enertiabike.com/
	Vectrix Electric Motorbike For Sale Today	http://www.vectrix.com/
	Rail Buggy Plans – Bad Land Buggies	http://www.badlandbuggy.com/
	Formula SAE Competition	http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/
	Supermilage competition	http://smv.berkeley.edu/index.html
	RinSpeed 2 person in line clear plastic car	http://www.rinspeed.com/pages/content/frames_e.htm
	Burt Rutans VariEze Home built aircraft. Max speed 210 mph. Gets 35mph, while cruising at 181 mph! Weighs less than 700 pounds.	Wiki Pedia on Rutan VariEze
	235mpg, 8.6Hp, 639lb VW concept 2 person car	Wiki Pedia VW 1 Liter Car
	As simple as it gets. 4 wheels, a steering wheel, 125cc engine and 60mph!	www.SchultzEngineering.us
	1959 Velorex Oskar 9hp, 452 pounds, 53mph, Vinyl over steel spaceframe	Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum
	1957 Jurisch Motoplan Side Car Conversion	Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum
	HMV Freeway 1 person commuter vehicle that guaranteed 100 mpg at 40 mph. 750 lbs, fully enclosed body including belly. 16-19Hp gas engines. Produced in USA from 1979-1982	http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=hmvfreeway
	Tango Electric Car high performance electric commuter vehicle 0-60 mph in 4 seconds!	http://www.commutercars.com/
	TriVette 2 person, 3 wheels, 50 – 65 mpg, weight=1,140 pounds, lateral cornering 1.28g. high performance kit car	http://blueskydsn.com/BugE_Concept.html
	Old Time Microcars. For instance, the Messerschmitt KR-200 achieved 87mpg and max speed of 65mph with a 10hp engine. Production stopped in 1964	http://www.microcar.org/
	CLEVER/Venure 1/Carver – three wheel concept car. 100mpg, 50mph max speed, 17 Hp	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLEVER
	The Original Sail Car – Patents are Expired	http://home.earthlink.net/~jameslamick/press/images_from_rna/index.htm
	2000 watt Hub Motors – That will rip your forks off!	http://www.electricrider.com/crystalyte/phoenix.htm

American Pride and Passion

Feb 052012

While browsing the web tonight, I ran across a photographer’s site called American Pride and Passion: A Photographic Celebration of Our American Spirit. The photographer uses a process called ‘light painting’ whereby he takes multiple shots, each one while lighting a different section of the subject. The end product, as you can see above, is simply awe inspiring. Take a few minutes and look through the gallery. It’s well worth your time.

Neelsville Presbyterian Church

Jan 302012

Last week, I photographed the Neelsville Presbyterian Church for my Maryland Mondays project. I found this interesting bit of Germantown history and the church which is a historical landmark.

Over in the area around Rt. 355 a growing number of people of the Presbyterian faith were settling in the early 1800s, and a Presbyterian Church made of logs was built at the intersection of Rt. 355 and Neelsville Church Road in 1845. The present church was built in 1878 and the cemetery behind the church contains the graves of many of the early settlers of Germantown. The Neelsville Presbyterian Church and the Darnestown Presbyterian Church were served by the same minister. So a road was built by local farmers to connect the two churches. This road is Rt. 118 (Germantown Road) [the section of this road from the railroad to Clopper Road is now known as Liberty Mill Road].

Here is an old image of the church and below, my current-day rendition. There is now an addition to the right side of the old build and a newer building to the far right. (left in image)

The Neelsville Presbyterian Church

Maryland Monday

Jan 232012

A foggy Maryland morning. I shot this image at a farm off Comus road this morning while taking the dog to the vet. The image was then pulled into photoshop and given a painterly look. This is also number 23 of my 365 project.

First Snow

Jan 212012

Day 21 of my 365 project. Woke up this morning to a mess. Just enough snow to be a mess. If it’s gonna snow, then lets get 6″-12″ or more.

And here’s my rottie playing in the snow. I didn’t realize she was going to charge me and missed the focus. I’ll have to get her again later today with a better focused shot.

Rottie Attack

Dinner at Laytonsville

Jan 202012

Here’s todays photo(s). The gearhead meeting at Latonsville on Friday nights. We had a nice crowd with 15 folks in attendance.

What Were They Thinking???

Jan 172012

Some men just need a little more supervision!

All Dressed Up But…

Jan 132012

too cold to ride.

I prepped the bike and headed out to Woodsboro, MD this morning, where I would meet up with others to escort the remains of SPC Ronald H. Wildrick, Jr., USA, 30, Blairstown, NJ, who gave all on December 11, 2011. I figured that even though I don’t have any cold weather riding gear, if I layered up, I could handle it. Well, guess what? I got as far as the Hyattstown exit on Interstate 270 and decided that it was just too cold for this old guy. I knew I would never be able to make another 30 plus minutes so I turned back. After getting caught in the rain on Wednesday on the way back from Woodsboro, I decided that I would be pushing my luck and my health to go any further.

Oh well, there’s my Day 13 picture.

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